CHAPTER XXIII

Although more than eighteen years have passed, Lin Xiaoyang always remembers that eighteen years ago, on the eve of his departure, his father told him that this Long Xiao Sword was the Wending that his mother asked for from the parents of his fiancée, who had never met before, when he was still in infancy. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

His father said that the dragon sword is not only golden, the ink-colored hilt is also hollowed out to carve into the shape of the dragon's head, and the dragon's eye is inlaid with golden gems.

His father also said that Murong Lan, the ancestor of the Murong family, one of the five major martial arts families, made the "Sword Book", recorded all the swords with names in the world, and divided those swords into single swords for single use and lover swords for double use. And since the beginning of the record, this Dragon Xiao Sword and Chengying Sword have always ranked first in the "Sword Spectrum" couple sword list, and they are rare and good swords.

Although his father later said that the family with whom he had a baby kiss suddenly disappeared for some reason, and the Chengying Sword also disappeared with that family, this Dragon Roaring Sword carried the memories of his mother and his doll-kissed fiancée's family. Therefore, even if he left home to learn art, he also wanted to take this sword with him for a good life......

At this point, Lin Xiaoyang slowly withdrew his gaze from the Long Xiao Sword in his hand, and then slowly raised his head......

Looking at Yang Xinrui, who was sitting on the main seat, Lin Xiaoyang suddenly pursed his lips and showed a smile. It's just that......

The smile on Lin Xiaoyang's lips was no longer as simple as his smile in the face of Zhu Zimo, Leng Qing, and Lin Zhiwu, but with a faint ...... Desolation and self-deprecation......

Lightly opening his lips, Lin Xiaoyang looked respectful, and said in a calm tone: "Since the mother doesn't want the child to meet the eldest brother's sword soldiers, the child can abandon the weapon before coming to the stage and compete with the eldest brother with his bare hands. ”

Lin Xiaoyang said this only because Lin Xiaoyang felt that the exercises he practiced far exceeded those of any family or sect in the Nine Kingdoms, even if it was just about the body method, his eldest brother was already inferior to him.

If he used this dragon roaring sword to compete with his eldest brother again, it would indeed be unfair to his eldest brother.

Furthermore, putting aside the gap in the exercises they practiced, although the weapons used by his eldest brother were also among the "Sword Spectrum", they could be ranked outside the hundredth in a single sword, and they couldn't even compare to half of this Dragon Roaring Sword.

With such a superposition of the two compartments, Lin Xiaoyang felt that he didn't use the Long Xiao Sword, which was the fairest thing for his eldest brother.

Lin Xiaoyang thought very simply, but on that side, Yang Xinrui, who was sitting on the main seat, was angry by Lin Xiaoyang's words.

I saw that after Lin Xiaoyang's words were finished, Yang Xinrui, who was sitting on the main seat, raised her hand suddenly, and then fell suddenly, slapping the table next to her with a muffled sound.

In other words, Yang Xinrui's slap was really not stingy, and even the blue and white porcelain tea cup resting on the table was so strong that it jumped straight up from the table! When the tea cup fell back again, there was a crisp porcelain crashing sound.

Accompanied by the sound of slapping the table, it was Yang Xinrui's angry scolding: "I said, why are you so stubborn, you don't care about it? Your eldest brother has paid and sacrificed so much for the entire Lin family over the years, shouldn't your eldest brother sit in the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance? You are also a member of the Lin family, but you can calculate yourself, what contributions have you made to this family since you were born?"

Not to mention that you have never made half a contribution to the family, but as soon as you come back, you will compete for the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance with your mother's brother, are you worthy of your eldest brother, my mother, and our entire Lin family?

Besides, if you don't bring weapons and compete with your eldest brother with your bare hands, isn't this a clear attempt to slap your eldest brother in the face? Is this what you should do as a younger brother? To put it mildly, you shouldn't have come back at the time when the martial arts conference was held! Otherwise, there wouldn't have been such bad things!"

Yang Xinrui, who was sitting on the main seat, threw his hand into a fist, Lin Xiaoyang hung his head and said respectfully: "Please also ask my mother to calm her anger." ”

"Hmph!" snorted coldly, Yang Xinrui, who was sitting on the main seat, looked coldly at Lin Xiaoyang, who was standing below her and bowed his head respectfully towards her, Yang Xinrui continued to reprimand with some difficulty: "If you want me to calm my anger, take the initiative to give up the competition the day after tomorrow! If you refuse to abstain and have to compete with your eldest brother in the ring, then you will not call me 'mother' again in the future!"

After Yang Xinrui's words fell, Lin Xiaoyang, who was standing in the room, did not answer for a long time, but just maintained a posture of clenching his hands and looking at the ground, standing motionless.

Yang Xinrui, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at Lin Xiaoyang coldly, only feeling that Lin Xiaoyang was so silent, he must have been shocked by what she said just now, and this silence was thinking about giving up the competition the day after tomorrow!

So, Yang Xinrui, who was sitting on the main seat, made persistent efforts and continued to say coldly: "Okay, the words have come to this, you can think clearly for yourself." It's getting late, I'm tired, you can step down!"

After Yang Xinrui said the last sentence of the expulsion, Lin Xiaoyang's hands, which were originally just casually clenched into fists, were suddenly clenched together, and the green tendons on the back of the top right hand were obviously raised, which was enough to imagine what turbulent waves were tumbling in Lin Xiaoyang's heart at this time.

But in the end, Lin Xiaoyang silently let go of his clenched hands......

Yang Xinrui, who was sitting on the main seat, took a deep look, and Lin Xiaoyang's tone of voice was consistently respectful: "Yes, mother." Son, retire. ”

After saying that, Lin Xiaoyang stood up straight, didn't look at Yang Xinrui who was sitting on the main seat, directly raised his sword and turned around, and walked out of the brightly lit room step by step.

Looking at Lin Xiaoyang's back and leaving with her back straight, Yang Xinrui, who was still sitting on the main seat, calmly picked up the blue and white porcelain teacup on the table in her hand, opened the lid and drank tea......

At this time, because the night was deep, the Lin family's village had long been silent, and there was not even a single figure outside, so after leaving Yang Xinrui's house, Lin Xiaoyang could only walk back alone and step on the cold moonlight all the way.

When Lin Xiaoyang finally returned to his own courtyard, it was almost time, but Lin Xiaoyang didn't feel sleepy at all, so Lin Xiaoyang didn't go back to the house, just sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, and enjoyed the cold moon alone.

Quietly looking at the lonely moon hanging in the night, Lin Xiaoyang's mind kept echoing the words that his mother had said to him when he was in his mother's room tonight-

"Look, even you think your big brother is very good!"

"As for you, you are the youngest son in the family, but your eldest brother is the eldest son in the family, how many years older than you, how many years more food you eat, how many years more travel, and how many things and truths know more than you. ”

"As for you, not only are you young, but you have left home since you were a child, and you went to the deep mountains and old forests where you don't know where to learn art, and you have been living an isolated life. ”

"You are a fledgling, you are not deeply involved in the world, and you don't understand the sinister nature of this world!"

"Look at you, kid, I've said this so clearly, why don't you understand?"

"Tomorrow, you still have to rest as usual, and the day after tomorrow, before the final competition begins, you will take the initiative to give up the competition! Xiao Yang, don't blame me for being a mother's partiality, it's really the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance...... It's not for you!"

"Even if you are allowed to sit in the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance, you will definitely not be able to lead the martial arts heroes to eliminate the demon guard! However, if your eldest brother comes to be the leader of the martial arts alliance, it will be very different. Your eldest brother is not only older than you, but there are also far more people who know each other in the rivers and lakes of the Nine Kingdoms than you. Even if you don't mention your eldest brother's own connections, just talking about the status of our Lin family in the rivers and lakes, and the fact that your eldest brother is the eldest son of our Lin family, your eldest brother is more suitable than you to sit in the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance. ”

"Since you, the younger brother, have enjoyed the glory of the Lin family in vain, and now you are humble and the eldest brother should be reasonable. ”

"In the future, when you walk on the rivers and lakes, with the name of your eldest brother and the leader of the martial arts alliance, you can also mix well and mix well, and there will definitely be no one who will not wait for a long time to provoke you. ”

"You are a younger brother, but you are competing with your eldest brother on the same stage, this is not a sword and soldier!!"

"I said, why are you so stubborn, you can't be separated? Your eldest brother has paid and sacrificed so much for the entire Lin family over the years, shouldn't your eldest brother sit in the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance?"

"Not to mention that you, the younger brother, have never made half a contribution to the family, that is, as soon as you come back, you will compete with your mother's brother for the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance, are you worthy of your eldest brother, worthy of my mother, and worthy of our entire Lin family?"

"To put it mildly, you shouldn't come back at the time of the martial arts conference!

If you refuse to abstain and have to compete with your eldest brother in the ring, then you will no longer call me 'mother' in the future!"

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It has been eight days since he returned to the Lin family's house since the end of last month! In the previous seven days, his mother had spoken to him only a handful of times in each day, and every time his mother spoke to him, she would never have more than half a cup of tea.

Tonight, however, his mother had spoken so much to him for the first time.

The words his mother had said to him tonight alone were more than all the words she had said to him in the previous seven days combined!

Just what if...... His mother didn't persuade him to give up the next day's competition for the sake of his eldest brother......

If his mother could talk to him so much, he would be very happy......

After returning to the Lin family's home for so many days, he suddenly realized that in the past so many years, he was able to live so well, so carefree, and so happy, all thanks to the meticulous care and protection of his father, master, senior brother and second senior brother.

It's just that they care about and protect him so much, so much that they completely ignore his own abilities.

Therefore, in everyone's eyes, he has always been a simple, ignorant of the world, and will never grow up.

Well, since everyone thinks it's good that he's simple and ignorant of the world, then he'll always be simple and ignorant of the world!

However, he always shows the appearance of a simple and innocent good child in front of his master and brothers, and he just wants his masters and brothers to always care for and protect him as always!

He's simple, but he's not stupid!

What a sibling...... The word came out of his mother's mouth, and it was really ...... It's ridiculous!

Behold, how much his mother loved his eldest brother, and how ...... I hate him!

His mother said that he was a fledgling and had not been deeply involved in the world, and that he did not understand the dangers of this world? Yes, in his mother's heart, he had grown up in the inaccessible mountains and old forests since he was a child, and of course he did not understand these things.

His mother said that he had enjoyed the glory of the Lin family for nothing? He had left home since he was a child and returned home after 18 years, so how could he not know when he had enjoyed the so-called "glory of the Lin family"?

His mother said that those who are younger brothers should be humble and be older brothers? What kind of truth is this? He only remembered that when he was still on the top of Qinshan Mountain, every time he made a mistake, if his senior brother and second senior brother were there, they would try their best to take the mistakes he made on themselves, just so that he would not be punished by his master......

In his mother's opinion, his eldest brother had worked hard and worked hard for the Lin family, and had paid so much, but he, Lin Xiaoyang, had never made half a contribution to the Lin family, and the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance should of course be his eldest brother.

He always thought that although the Lin family's own family and the Lin family's side branches were unwilling to accept his return, they all united to reject him and treat him face to face and back to him, but none of this mattered......

He always thought that as long as his father and mother, as well as his siblings, did not reject him, it would be enough......

He had always assumed that his mother was reluctant to talk to him because she had not yet been able to adjust to his sudden return home......

However, it wasn't until tonight that he knew and understood that even his biological mother disliked him.

He knew, he always knew, the people of the Lin family and the side branches of the Lin family had always felt that he shouldn't come back, he just ...... I never pretended I didn't know.

But now, even his own mother felt that it was not the right time for him to return, or ......

His mother didn't think he should come back!

Ah, thinking about it this way, although he Lin Xiaoyang has never done anything bad, he is still very disgusting! )